Inside Halff: A Look at April 2026

Halff celebrated a month of recognition as project achievements and employee honors were highlighted across the firm, alongside continued community impact through HCI. Read on for this month’s highlights!

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Houston Stormwater Master Plan Receives ACEC Texas Eminent Conceptor Award

Halff celebrated a major milestone as the City of Houston Stormwater Master Plan (SWMP) received top honors at the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Texas Engineering Excellence Awards. The project earned a Gold Medal in the Water Resources category and the prestigious Eminent Conceptor Award, the program’s highest distinction recognizing the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement.

The SWMP provides a comprehensive analysis of Houston’s drainage system through citywide hydrologic and hydraulic modeling. By evaluating the impacts of routine storms and extreme flood events, the plan helps city leaders identify system vulnerabilities, prioritize improvements and make informed decisions that strengthen long term flood resilience for the community. In addition, the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 Delta Reclamation Water Treatment Plant Pilot Study received a gold medal in the Studies, Research and Consulting Engineering category.

Halff Celebrates Excellence at Employee Awards Celebration

Halff recognized outstanding contributions across the firm during its Awards Celebration, honoring individuals and teams whose work continues to shape the firm’s impact and culture.

Among the evening’s top honors was the Dr. Albert H. Halff Stetson Award, the firm’s highest recognition, honoring individuals who exemplify Halff’s servant leadership values and demonstrate a lasting commitment to mentorship, collaboration and improving the communities the firm serves. Major project achievements were also celebrated through the Pursuit of the Year Award and the Project of the Year Award.

Several other awards were also presented throughout the evening, including the 10 Under 10 Awards and the HCI Outstanding Volunteer Award

Join Our Team

Graduate Engineer I: Water Resources

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Support water resources projects by assisting with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, stormwater infrastructure design and master drainage planning. This role offers early career engineers the opportunity to develop technical skills in flood risk analysis, watershed modeling and drainage system design while working alongside experienced professionals to deliver sustainable solutions for communities and infrastructure projects.

Graduate Engineer I: Water Resources

Location: Austin, TX

Assist with water resources projects by supporting hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, stormwater analysis and the development of master drainage plans. This role offers early career engineers the opportunity to build technical skills in watershed modeling and drainage infrastructure design while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on projects that support resilient and sustainable communities.

Graduate Engineer II: Land Development

Location: Dallas, TX

Support land development projects by assisting with site civil design, drainage analysis, utility layouts and stormwater infrastructure for commercial, industrial and residential developments. This role offers early-career engineers the opportunity to strengthen technical and project coordination skills while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on complex land and site development projects.

Ready to grow your career with a people-first firm? Explore more job opportunities with Halff and apply today: http://www.halff.com/careers

Halff Community Initiative (HCI)

Halff’s Atlanta office supported Helping Mamas by volunteering at its Duluth facility to organize and wrap diapers for distribution and presented a $300 HCI donation.

Halff’s San Antonio office participated in Child Safe’s Cardboard Kids campaign, a citywide program that raises awareness about child abuse. Team members decorated 20 Cardboard Kids that were displayed at businesses throughout the community during Child Abuse Awareness Month.

Halff’s Culture

The Tyler office celebrated Major League Baseball’s opening day by wearing baseball gear to the office.

The Oklahoma City office gathered for a teambuilding event, enjoying board games, movies and plenty of pizza together.

Halff Bag Travels

Sunit Deo (left) visited Japan with his family, where they experienced the first cherry blossoms in Tokyo and explored the bamboo forest in Kyoto.

Adam Kane and Melanie Cleavelin also brought their Halff bags along while on a cruise with their families over spring break.

Read more about the History of the Halff bag here.

DID YOU KNOW?

Halff sits at No. 10 nationally in the companies with 1,000 to 2,499 employees in the 2025 Top Workplaces USA award rankings presented by Energage. Halff has been recognized as a Top Workplace in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Jacksonville, Orlando, Oklahoma, San Antonio and Tampa. We have also been recognized as a Top Workplace in Austin and Dallas 11 times each since 2015, nine times in Houston since 2016, four times in San Antonio, and twice in Jacksonville, Orlando, Oklahoma and Tampa.

Cumulatively, Halff has been recognized as a Top Workplace 51 times.